I set out this summer with the goal of learning how to build a website. Like most people, I’ve always relied on web developers to do this for me, but that gets expensive and frustrating when I had to wait for their schedule to open up. Not to mention, they resent...

Awhile back I read a blurb from CB Insights – they produce a fun, data-driven, daily email blast – titled, “Elon Musk talks like a 7th grader.” They came to this conclusion after analyzing 28 quarters of earnings call transcripts. They explained that this...

Early in my career, I worked for a man who played bagpipe music on a boom box when he was writing. He also would post a sign with a skull and crossbones on his door. I took the sign as a warning not to complain about the bagpipe music. Gary was actually a very...

If you haven’t noticed, the future of the Internet is video/audio. If you don’t believe me, you can believe the New York Times. Or ask any twenty- or thirty-something. Blogs are giving way to podcasts and YouTube channels. Just last week Instagram introduced a new...

You’re a professional. You are a better than average writer. You know more about the issues that matter to your clients than anyone else. So you should make the time to write your own articles, posts or presentations, right? Wrong. After many years in the marketing...